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[mysweet-sorrow.livejournal.com]

Sorry if there's TMI. I'm a little worried.

I had unprotected sex Friday night. I have been on birth control, but had to stop for about a month. I started again last night. I took Plan B (the first pill) at 5pm 48 hours after I had unprotected sex. I then missed the second Plan B pill. In about 12 hours... it will have been 72 hours after the unprotected sex.

Should I get another Plan B pack and take it now and 12 hours from now, or should I just let it go and hope I don't get pregnant? I also finished my period the day before the unprotected sex, so I don't know if that lowers the risk of pregnancy...

Thanks for the help.

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[queensugar.livejournal.com]

Judging from where you were in your cycle, the risk of pregnancy may not be super huge, though it is there. But if you want to do whatever you can to avoid it, you may definitely want to consider taking Plan B again.

You do not have to take the pills separately. You can take both together. The reason it is advised to take them separately is to reduce the risk of side-effects; but if it helps with remembering, you can take them at the same time.

[mysweet-sorrow.livejournal.com]

thanks

[archangelbeth]

Do you have the second plan B pill? If so... Well, I'd personally probably take it, to aid in keeping your ovaries confused till the HBC cuts in, but you might want to call the pharmacist or your doctor and see whether you need yet another dose. You can also take both doses of Plan B at the same time, though there is an increased risk of side effects such as nausea.

From the timing, depending on how long your cycles usually are, your ovaries are likely to be hypnotized by the HBC before they get around to ovulating -- but if you have short cycles or a randomly-early ovulation, it could be an issue.

So... Hm. I'd call the pharmacist/your doctor (one or t'other, whichever'd be more helpful), and if I couldn't get hold of them, I'd take the leftover Plan B pill anyway, on the grounds that it wouldn't make one's ovaries more likely to ovulate (i.e., it probably wouldn't hurt). Then I'd keep trying to get hold of the doctor/pharmacist to double-check if I needed another dose of the stuff, but probably not too frantically -- the HBC will be cutting in as well, so unless you were having a really early ovulation, you're probably going to be okay.

However, I'd hop over to a drug store (or, if you have one in the area, a Dollar Tree store) and look for some inexpensive pregnancy tests for when you're at the end of the placebo pills. Because if it was me? I'd personally have a little niggly feeling at the back of my head till I knew for sure, and it's be a big relief to have that "Nope! Not pregnant!" line.

(Okay, I fib; the last time I did that, I was into PMS enough that the "not pregnant" line wound up making me depressed. *headdesk*)

Good luck!